en.Wedoany.com Reported - The National Highways Authority of India has recently officially launched the country's first multi-lane free flow toll system at the Chorayasi toll plaza on the Surat-Bharuch section of the NH-48 national highway in Gujarat. NH-48 stretches 2,807 kilometers (1,744 miles), starting from Delhi in the north and ending in Chennai on the southeastern coast.

On the first day of the toll system's operation, approximately 41,500 vehicles passed through this multi-lane free flow toll point. The toll system uses automatic number plate recognition and FASTag-based electronic toll collection technology to achieve automated, contactless toll operations. The National Highways Authority of India manages about 70,000 kilometers of highways, is responsible for toll collection on approximately 45,000 kilometers of them, and maintains 1,200 toll plazas together with concessionaires.

The National Highways Authority of India stated that the toll system can "significantly reduce congestion, improve travel times, enhance fuel efficiency, and lower vehicle emissions on national highways." Electronic toll collection via radio-frequency identification technology was introduced in India in 2015 under the brand name FASTag. Drivers with insufficient FASTag balance or an invalid FASTag will receive an electronic notification of unpaid toll fees, which must be paid within 72 hours, after which the penalty will be doubled.

The National Highways Authority of India said in a statement: "The introduction of MLFF will help strengthen toll operations, improve transparency, and reduce the operational costs of setting up toll plazas. MLFF will also contribute to developing a more robust, efficient, and cost-effective toll ecosystem across the entire national highway network."

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